Yisro - With One Heart

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Goldberg recorded with the shamans never-ending assistance in Rome at Beit Shemesh Israel 5780 2020 this week's parish was partially thorough and we have in our parsha the amazing experience of the Jewish people one and a half million people approximately of the divine revelation never before experienced never experienced after that three thousand three hundred years ago still echoing to this very day the Torah tells us you can show me still negative heart the Jewish people encamped there at the base of the mountain it's a post again schmoes Exodus chapter 19 verse 2 Marashi Rashi says we're reading here from Cephas miserable Levites a you can you should I believe a hood wasn't even you can icon is it doesn't actually say that they encamped it says he and camp it's singular so why does it say it in a singular language Rashi explains kyuseok odd believeth God that they did it as one person they were like one person they were unified into it was it was like one person's encamped there at one heart they all had a unified purpose Zohan essentially still habla cetera this is the most important thing so sometimes we'll have to understand that this was their preparation for receiving the Torah you want to know how to receive the Torah it needs to be done with unity okay now shall I say you just tell us I love it hile this sunny Islamic Lycus since I Jewish people at that time hated any kind of arguments although as a shoreline they instead embraced and loved peace I know you're a hoss they encamped as one I reassure Athena and mr. SEO Shem says therefore this is a time for me to give them my Tyra McClaren is bar we explained already elsewhere shot Tara lightly he done it now look how coolly the tie was not given just individuals the Torah was given to the entire Jewish people which by the way in contrast to almost all the other major world religion we're where the revelation is claimed to have been given over to a particular individual the Terra the the revelation at Mount Sinai was given over to the entire Jewish people all one and a half million people as one okay amazing amazing thing the lowly she may be of kiddin but he's pointing at a different point which is essential which is that the tire was not given to 600,000 specific individuals right because when I tell you the number of one and a half million we know that there were 600,000 men between the ages of 20 and 60 I believe the number if I'm not mistaken and so he has a double that for the women that's 1.2 million and then we have the children who are under the age of 20 so we get about a million and a half if not more rough rough numbers here but classically the Jewish people are referred to as 600,000 right so the term was not given to 600 thousand individuals ellicott Eva AHA shall Klaus row the Jewish people was one whole one piece one unified unified unit lave Akkad what is it that unifies the Jewish people and this is we're gonna speak about at length it's the the unified heart it's the one heart who should I say shushing reboiler each Accord it's having a unified purpose unified focus a unified goal a unified sense of camaraderie sense of camaraderie which we'll see more about okay so that one heart that state of having one heart all the G people were focused in one way led to the fact that the Jewish people were able to receive the Torah the term was given to them as a unit as a collie Strauss as the entire Jewish people now he brings out some a few interesting examples the places where we see that unity has an intense power much greater 2 is greater than 1 but not just double it's much more than that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts but partial Ikuko so he brings a few examples in punch to Hokusai in viagra Leviticus chapter 26 verse 18 emeral aplastic says wrote let me cam Kamisha mayor when the Jewish people are doing as they're supposed to so five Jews will run after a hundred enemies of the Jews will make em revolve or die fool a hundred of you will chase after ten thousand now then if you look at the math 5 to 100 is when we get there 1 in 20 right 100 to 10000 it's a much higher ratio where we're each of those individuals is running after a lot more people 100 to 10,000 is one to a thousand so what's the numbers here what's the idea that when you have more people you're able to chase after more Easter sky named Vicki okay no a freshman something's off with with the math here but like howitzer fly Marilyn Miami Kim she's me I love here die for 100 people based on what the the 5 to 100 that's 5% so a hundred people shall be able to run after 2000 that ain't a damn what a nice and a cetera Marui Benoist and etc when a small amount that people are doing what's right when a small amount of people are following the dictates of the Taira the dictates of a Shem so that is a certain power but if you have more people doing that if you have 90,000 people coming together to celebrate at Davi I mean that's a the intense spiritual power that you can't compare that to even to nine thousand groups of a thousand nine these thousand people come together it's an amazing number right so you can't compare the small number doing it to a greater number he may come Shulman Rubin my oyster mr. pterygoid automation Kishan Watson the power of a hundred people doing a mitzvah 100 people who are focused on terror on the will of God is five times as powerful as if you have only five people doing it amazing name brings a few other examples I'm not gonna get into every example here because there's not enough time but he brings up another case I miss varmint Erika's are another thing that our sages tell us give his mama and Tyra identify a capacitor Bush limas we find that our sages tell us that although the Jewish people receive a Torah at Mount Sinai they didn't have a complete reception there the commitment to the tire was not complete until a later time konista Gemara Shabbos this is important because we're coming soon to the holiday important and we're gonna see that porn was the time the Jewish people accepted the Taira completely and we'll see what was different about it why was there a deeper sense of camaraderie a deeper sense of I you can show me so legged aha what almost a thousand years later in the story important so they said like the Sycamore Shabbos a so that's but after the Sahara Vadim Ibrahim about Casa let me shake up a college my whole name it's a hockey gear cetera says the days that they sat at the base of the mountain they stood at the base of the mountain what I mean instead of the base of the mountain the word base actually here is takhtee which means under literally underneath so doesn't mean they stood on the needs are cause I'll tell us that it means that Hashem raised the mountain over their heads and said if you do not receive the Taira so I'm gonna drop the mountain on your heads is this gonna be your that your end I'm at I'm in my telecom is the time you tell him love sharm take we're a scam that's gonna be where you shall be buried honor of Aqaba Yaakov Meccano adorable I riser so this is an amazing thing very interesting that you see here that they were forced there for six of the Taira in a certain sense obviously we know Terry says not they said not seven ish ma they're gonna do it there was a complete acceptance but on the other hand you see from the the plastic the verse that there is an aspect here of fear of being forced Amara rava FLP Kane Hodder killaby Marrakesh even though it's true that they in a certain sense were forced perhaps by the magnitude of the of the event by the awesomeness by the miracles of Shem however you understand that they were forced but there was a later period which was in the times of Akasha Irish when the Jews were threatened their existence was threatened they received a terror again the Kimo of Aquila why you who didn't exist they fulfilled and they and they accepted upon themselves the Jews kiamashi Kulik far there was an acceptance of that which they had already received previously the Gomorra understands which means that in the times of Akasha Irish the Jewish people rededicated themselves to tear observance they rededicated themselves to that commitment that they had made the Jewish people had made a thousand years before now what's the idea here cabal cetera qibla let me through I'll be mahashiv Irish over da gávea Yosemite acaba cetera bahar seen Isis remember Levites we understand from a cos are telling us that the receiving of the Torah that the Jews accepted upon themselves in the times of Akash perish that acceptance had a deeper more powerful character to it then that which they had done at her scene on Mount Sinai I'll peel are we talking shall be should be seen on how you structure cover labor hard even though the Jewish people at the time of Mount Sinai was like one man with one hearts they were unified they had in tremendous unity common measure shakeela after Schliemann Wilk lattice became a second aha you must share equal rich Coulomb Hashanah regular hobby there was something unique about the time of a hodgepodge which was that they had a deeper level of unity why because they were threatened because they were threatened with the loss of the very existence the Jewish people it was on the edge of all the Jewish people being wiped out at that moment in time because of that danger they had the experience a deeper level of connection to each other how is that Sharia Shasta's Sakana new Chicago miss bathroom clock police matter I mean she should be not Omaha Vera at the time of danger so all of the anger all of the upset that I have to somebody else all of the all the feelings of this person did wrong to me all those feelings all the resentments that becomes forgotten that becomes forgotten when we're all in danger all in this boat together machetes California sooner locale cooler what happens when you know you're in danger so all you can think about is how can we survive how can we as a claw like Ana Jewish people survive they're all praying together they're all fasting together they're all focused on the existential danger fajitas shots ha closer camera shots Akash like about the turban Amos interestingly this is a deeper level of a feeling of Cain action of actus of brotherhood which is not the same experience as Mount Sinai it's a deeper connection a deeper a deeper experience in sana in a certain sense and thus the receiving of the tire that they did then was an incredible opportunity the Jewish people because they were unified and you might have experienced that if you remember what happened on September 11th in the United States you know there was a camaraderie that happened because we felt like we were under attack and it's true in this in in Israel whenever there's challenges and difficulties there's a camaraderie that happens there's a sense of wow we feel proud that this is our place that we are part of this amazing country part of this amazing people all right there's a there's a camaraderie that comes out remember it's September 11th the in a in the aftermath everyone all the flags all of the sense of unity right there's a sense of unity when you feel you're in danger mashaallah move up as la mouche Marisa kyun ki Purim who then Kippur amazing interesting thing that poem the Schloss says that Yom Kippur which is Theta we fast the day that we repent we ask God to forgive us there's an aspect it's called Yom Kippur him it's called a date like poem what is idea remember um how poor him your columnist Alex McGregor Ramayan ashabi I'm a keeper and when we say that come Kippur is like porn that means that porn as a certain aspect which is higher than um Kippur Jorma Kaddish Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year and yet porn is placed in a certain sense the Tara tells us it's on a higher level the intial column is a machine is bark on we can say we can understand what's going on here like this shame should be Maki Purim a genious trauma drag homologous Malakand what happens on Yom Kippur we don't eat we don't we don't drink we don't wear shoes what is the idea behind many of these things besides to the fact that you know we're lowering the physical aspect of ourselves in order to connect to the higher spiritual aspect but in another sense or perhaps in the same sense really because I'll tell us that it's a day that when we are like well often we say baoshan Colima Lucilla Nevada out loud and Shama which we only do one day a year why because we're like the angels that all the time right so we have a higher level we're on a very high level and what's unique about the Angels she ain't been named like a novel a center like tacos the anals don't have any jealousy they don't have any there's no competition amongst them they're all just working towards one goal which is coverage Tom I'm doing the will of God doing the will of their creator come I came a poram so we have a similar thing that occurs on poram this is sense know if you ever experiences but I've experienced this so much there's such a beautiful sense of camaraderie important between ourselves and all of those around us you know it could be that when you walk on the street during the week during the rest of the year you know you pass by people you don't even say hello but I'm part of everybody's choice everyone's happy there's a sense of camaraderie of love come I came up or in Mali they mishit of a synchro an amazing thing it's kind of the opposite of Yom Kippur on Yom Kippur we perhaps experienced that sense of connection to others because it's the time of judgment it's the time that we want to get in God's good graces so to speak but important we have that experience of camaraderie because we send out michl amana's we give gifts we have joy we have we give sadaqa to those who are poor we have the the Buddha people gather together Bundy the cow they're able to reach this level of camaraderie no relish a missionary simcha athletes my name good night Lisa Marie show me a mighty poor in a certain sense there's an even greater level of camaraderie as mana Masuka female poem came in Sheila boomer hi Homer this is this is the time for because it was embedded into into the time of the year that this was a time that the Jewish people experienced great danger this was a time that the Jewish people were saved this is a time that the Jewish people felt a kinship with each other and with a special time which was more Masuda which was more open and and possible for the Jewish people to receive and accept the Taira at a different level that's what you see you see that there's the Taira is received through it through camaraderie through oneness through love for each other and now I'm time I'm sure Levitt gives us a beautiful understanding of what that love needs to look like of what that death of lave Alcala what does it mean that we have one heart what does it mean that we we feel connected to each other how do we do that what's the approach for that practically beautiful Voorhis says my genre ballet that God we say Keisha Cavalia HUD the Jewish people were like one person with one heart houki ain't diving huhgak essentially adidas it's not enough right the heart where's the heart is inside of a person right it's hidden I would say even inside of a person right the head the intellect is over here everybody knows your brain is right here the heart is over here it's hidden inside of a person's chest what's the idea of believe a cookie ain't diamond hug athletes initially adidas it's not enough to have a superficial experience or superficial feeling of camaraderie that's not enough let's search ET aha I wish you initial array you about me make a leave the love that we need to have for each other in order to have that one is in order to receive the Taira properly it needs to be in the depths of our hearts the shallow yeah belief shame it's Tina massive electoral azula's person can't have even the slightest hint the slightest shim it's of a negative thought about somebody else aqua recover boo Heba a person needs to develop honor and love for another person it's so important so it's so so interesting he brings a few examples of where we see this but evident received let's see the by before earthly race in Monaco I'm not gonna read this whole thing inside but I want to share with you what he says that by an avid every a Jewish slave so you need to treat him with a certain amount of respect cuz I'll tell us Rashi Rashi says cuz out that you can't you can't work him too hard what does it mean to work him too hard you can't work him in a way which is disrespectful what does that mean it means that you can't help to do something yeah you just want him to be busy so you say damn you know what bring me a cup of tea you don't intend to drink the tea you just want him to be doing something not be sitting around doing nothing don't do that says Cazale don't do this as the pus ik don't do something and even if the guy doesn't realize it even if you're a vet who's a Jew he's a Jew you can't treat them in a way which lowers him in your own eyes amazing thing me erase some of that cattle you should know Shem is watching Shem knows what's going on inside of your heart you got to be careful about that one example another example he gives an amazing thing again I'm not gonna read this in Saiga's it's not enough time but the idea I'll share with you which is that when it came to the the sin of the spies an amazing thing the the Jewish people send spies into Israel to check out the place to come back with a report what is what are the challenges how are we going to face off with them they were there for 40 days and I can say I'll tell us that really should have taken 80 days to be able to go through the entire line of Israel to come back should take in 80 days but it was only 40 days a Shem did him a favor cuffed la Madera a Shem miraculously caused that it should be a quicker trip it shouldn't take so long for them to be able to go through the Land of Israel because Hashem knew that they're gonna be punished each and every day that they're there they're gonna have a year in the mid-water you don't want them to be in the middle for 80 years 40 years was enough therefore he caused that it would only be 40 days that they would travel throughout the land of Israel the question will come from Levites asks is what what's going on here where was the sin the sin was in there walking around Israel being punished for each day that they were there the sin was that they came back and instead loshon Hara they said negative things about the Land of Israel they said negative things about the Jewish people that God wouldn't protect them they said any other things about God the God wouldn't protect them the SAU was the sin was sin was not in the 40 days of them walking so professional Levites an amazing thing the fact that they spoke negatively that was a reflection of all of the 40 days before that they were walking through the Land of Israel and they were seeing everything in a negative light this the punishment wasn't so much for what they spoke the punishment was for what was in their hearts the speaking was just an expression of what was going on inside of them what was going on inside of them was reflected by what they said by the negative speech that they said the lush and heart that they spoke but the sin had been happening all along based on what they were thinking their negative view of the Land of Israel throughout their time in Israel so that's what they were being punished for and he takes and he says flip that around and now let's look at how it works when it comes to our love of somebody else it's not enough to have a superficial love it's not enough to have a connection to other people in a superficial way to to be nice to other people to say good morning that's very nice it's important but it has to be a Casillas a significance that we feel towards others which is inside of our hearts which is expressed yes of course has to be expressed but I needs to be inside of us I don't read you just the end of that and move on the Fiza she's more hawkish my name you I'm I've had too many myung if they would have walked 80 days there they were they're similar in 80 days because that was their their the churning inside of them the negative view that they had we've been throughout those 80 days initially I'm gonna show now your shrine I'm sure my name's Shauna look I know some kids are the same said that that's why Shem shortened the path McKay no bacala Shannara so - it is with all a Shannara sure shall hey device taco sorry aha but the root of the sin is seeing things negatively it's that inside of my art I see people in a negative light Mumbai - Lilly arcavir who you sweat of hate the negative look the negative thoughts that I have about others is the root of the sin deburr an event me men who Rock Kumar hate the speaking negatively of others is something which is just the finishing off of the sin so you see this idea this contrast between the thing the the way that it's expressed in the outside but it's really a reflection of what's going on inside and we need to use that in a positive way and he says so just to finish off some two beautiful ideas with hey mokuba Lonnie Seamus discovered he would have mascara skill huzzah and then came my rehab an album I read Samoyed when it comes to mrs. Cubitt of aim just beautiful in honoring our parents the way that a person properly fulfills it it's not just in superficial actions it's not enough to just you know to say to your father oh here can I give you a place to sit here can I give you something to drink doing those things outside is important it's part of the Mitzvah but it's having a sense inside oneself that I really value my father I really value my mother I really appreciate their greatness that the Kaibab in them say but we've kun assume Elijah Muhammad Stein yes we call echoes oulous a person has an obligation to find those positive attributes about the parent that that parent is amazing with that that parent excels more than anyone else ray gue behind got a lot door in that aspect that depth the parent is the greatest of the generation so to speak Kim layer and finally Bovina machine the Mamaki Naja if a person doesn't have the appreciation for his parent inside his heart his in the depths of his soul gets a feel of who Makakilo Shakir becoming the front of Russell Vaughn even a person gets up stands up for him and that's all these things like Camus was keep it up call it Curry's not fulfilled properly the mix of cubed of aim and he finally finishes off the OP mrs. Kubik are very keen this is where we come back to the idea of ie Shan Shan you still negative heart we have this can we have to have the connection or to receive the tera never have the connection to others around us when it comes to honoring our friends when it comes to having a proper perspective proper feeling towards our friends the proper Oh giving her she was to our friends commercial already he klickovic Morocco there's an obligation for us to make sure that the honor of our friends is like the fear of our teachers commission is bar shallow dive is a Czech Hobday you begin único if it sounding great it's not enough to have a superficial honor for others let's search a really hard to believe I need to think about the positive attributes of my friends I didn't know wow look at that person instead of noticing all the flaws of everybody else which is you know the go-to thought that's the natural thing that we do it's too fine wow this person he Davin so beautifully this person he has such he's such a smile the way that he greets others so there's so many positive things to find about others and it's it has to be moves fresh inside of our hearts it has to be something which we feel inside of ourselves okay Nina Marcia shark showing about Cara should relate just like fear you have to be Maccabi somebody else we have to honor somebody else in the same way that we fear our teacher in the same way that we have a certain awe right that's something that's embedded in the heart commercial auto might say that's my camera Mouse TVs a person finds many positive attribute about himself but I send me that circle in Samaria a person has to find those things about others ally they say yeah but I really boy and in so doing be able to value other person is hard by they should call a colonial makan I'm actually believe my eyes do la so when we properly honor and respect and look for the good in others so then what happens Magee amis Fela Milan slave echoed so then through that we reach the level of one heart the cash Anasazi McQuaid's the cinema called been yeshiva colleges have their believe I when we who strive to be to be like my name is Shiva we tried to be Torah people try be people who are guided by the Taira when we strive to give honor to others in our hearts this can't look above cetera that's how we will properly be able to merit to receive the terrorists I want to bless you and ask you to bless me ashram should help us to see the positive of others to be able to feel inside of our hearts the honor the respect the love for others to focus on those positive things and in so doing a shrimp should help us to be able to have a beautiful experience of receiving the Taira that it should translate into us receiving and imbibing the messages of the Tyra and indeed acting upon those messages thank you so much for listening I have wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.gfi.com/webmonitor [Music]